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Type
Alignment
Head direction
Tonal
No
Declensions
Yes
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case Number
Definiteness Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect



General information[]

Bodkeul (봍글 in native script) is a mixed a priori-a posteriori conlang project by Osswix and The Kaufman, based on Mongolian and Korean.

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m (m) n (n)
Plosive p (p)
b (b)
t (t)
d (d)
k (k)
g (g)
Fricative v (v)

s (s)

z (z)

x (kh) h (h)
Affricate

ts (ts)

dz (z)

tʃ (č/ch)

dʒ (j)

Approximant j (y)
Trill
Lateral fric. ɮ (l)
Lateral app.

Vowels[]

Front Central Back
Close i (i)
y (ü)

u (u)

ɯ (ı/eu)

Mid ø (ö/eo) e (ə) o (o)
Near-open æ (ә/ae)
Open a (a)

Alphabet[]

Bodkeul uses (Cyrillic), Hangul, and romanization.

The table of consonants and vowels with romanization is following:

Cyr. м п в б н т д с ц з л ч ж к г х h и ү ы у ө е/э о а ә
Han.
Rom. m p v b n t d s ts z l ch j k g kh h i ü ı u ö e o a ә

There are also y-vowels: ㅛ (yo) ㅑ (ya), and ㅔ (ye). ㅛ  and ㅑ can be yö and yә, according to vowel harmony.

ㅇ is used as /ʔ/ or nothing at the beginning of the word and as /j/ in the end of the word.

Phonotactics[]

Grammar[]

Pronouns[]

Hangul Romanized
Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl.
1p bi git
2p chi ta
3p ha at

Demonstrative[]

Hangul Romanized
singular noun plural noun adjective singular noun plural noun adjective
this 여녀 연읕 텨녀 ene enıd dene
that 탈읕 dar darıd dan
that2 ge gid en

2 the 2nd that is used for object that are further away from the speaker.

Vowel harmony[]

Front Back
ㅐ (ә) ㅏ (a)
ㅓ (ö) ㅗ (o)
ㅠ (ü) ㅜ (u)
ㅣ (i) ㅡ (ı)

There is also a neutral vowel, ㅕ(e).

Nouns[]

Declension according to vowel harmony.

Hangul Romanized
Singular Plural Sing. Pl.
Nom. 읶잍 ikh ikhid
Gen. 읶이 읶인 ikhi ikhin
Dat. 읶앹 읶앰 ikhәd ikhәm
Acc. 읶옅 읶옄 ikhed ikheg
Instr. 읶얼 읶율 ikhör ikhür
Sim. 읶앵 읶잉 ikhәy ikhiy
Prep. 읶엉 읶융 ikhöy ikhüy
Dir. 읶엍 읶윹 ikhöd ikhüd

interrogatives[]

The intterogative particle is located directly after the verb, the particle agrees in vowel harmony with the verb. There are two kinds of particles, one that trigger a simple yes/no question and one that is used for complex questions. Using the complex particle on a simple yes/no question makes the speaker ask for details or explanation.

Hangul Romanized
front back front back
yes/no ga
complex ma

The intterogative words have vowel harmony with the subject.

Hangul Romanized
front back front back
what ü u
why gәd gad
what (adj) vün vun
who khin kheun
where kәn kan
when dön don

Tenses[]

Hangul suffix Romanized suffix last vowel of the verb root
front back front back front back
infinitive әkh akh ә a
ü u
i ı
ökh okh ö o
past id ad ә a
ü u
i ı
엍  öd ıd ö o
present na ә a
ü u
i ı
no ö o
future әs as ә a
ü u
i ı
ös os ö o

Vocabulary[]


No. English Bodkeul
1I비 bi
2you (singular)지 chi
3he하 ha
4we킫 git
5you (plural)다 ta
6they앋 at
7this
8that
9here
10there
11who
12what
13where
14when
15how
16not
17all
18many
19some
20few
21other
22one
23two
24three
25four
26five
27big
28long
29wide
30thick
31heavy
32small
33short
34narrow
35thin
36woman
37man (adult male)
38man (human being)
39child
40wife
41husband
42mother
43father
44animal
45fish
46bird
47dog
48louse
49snake
50worm
51tree
52forest
53stick
54fruit
55seed
56leaf
57root
58bark
59flower
60grass
61rope
62skin
63meat
64blood
65bone
66fat
67egg
68horn
69tail
70feather
71hair
72head
73ear
74eye
75nose
76mouth
77tooth
78tongue
79fingernail
80foot
81leg
82knee
83hand
84wing
85belly
86guts
87neck
88back
89breast
90heart
91liver
92drink
93eat
94bite
95suck
96spit
97vomit
98blow
99breathe
100laugh
101see
102hear
103know
104think
105smell
106fear
107sleep
108live
109die
110kill
111fight
112hunt
113hit
114cut
115split
116stab
117scratch
118dig
119swim
120fly
121walk
122come
123lie
124sit
125stand
126turn
127fall
128give
129hold
130squeeze
131rub
132wash
133wipe
134pull
135push
136throw
137tie
138sew
139count
140say
141sing
142play
143float
144flow
145freeze
146swell
147sun
148moon
149star
150water
151rain
152river
153lake
154sea
155salt
156stone
157sand
158dust
159earth
160cloud
161fog
162sky
163wind
164snow
165ice
166smoke
167fire
168ash
169burn
170road
171mountain
172red
173green
174yellow
175white
176black
177night
178day
179year
180warm
181cold
182full
183new
184old
185good
186bad
187rotten
188dirty
189straight
190round
191sharp
192dull
193smooth
194wet
195dry
196correct
197near
198far
199right
200left
201at
202in
203with
204and
205if
206because
207name

Greetings[]

Hello! - 욘난! (yonnan)

Goodbye! - 산난! (sannan)

Example text[]

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